An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Haicheng Prefecture in northeast China's Liaoning Province at 6:53 a.m. (Beijing time) Friday, according to a monitoring provided by the Chinese seismological observatory.

The epicenter of the earthquake was monitored around 10 kilometers deep below sea level and 40.6 degrees north latitude, 122.9 degrees east longitude.

(Xinhua News Agency November 14, 2008)